deque

• dequeue

Shortened from double-ended queue.

• IPA^(key): /dɛk/
• Rhymes: -ɛk
• Homophone: deck

deque (plural deques)

1. (computing) A linear data structure in which elements may be appended to or removed from either end.

   Coordinate terms: list, stack, queue

   This algorithm is difficult to implement with a standard queue, but with a deque it's easy.

   • 2011, Michael T. Goodrich, Roberto Tamassia, David M. Mount, Data Structures and Algorithms in C++, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 218:

     As with the stack and queue, the Standard Template Library provides an implementation of a deque.

• deque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from English deck.^[1][2]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛki, (Portugal) -ɛkɨ
• Hyphenation: de‧que

deque m (plural deques)

1. (nautical) deck (floorlike covering on a ship)

   Synonym: convés

2. (computing) deque